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Ms. Del Toral from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inclusive Classroom Library Books Needed to Promote Empathy & Acceptance

Help me give my students access to inclusive literature that promotes acceptance and empathy for the LGBTQ+ community.

  • $244 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

As a teacher of reading and writing, I have come to understand the importance of having a well-stocked classroom library. This resource is essential to promote literacy. Having a diverse collection of literature in a classroom will not only foster academic growth and achievement but also assist students in becoming life-long readers. Literature is so much more than just a form of entertainment; it carries truths and allows students to enter new worlds, to make sense of their own world, and to truly ponder what it means to be human. Students need stories to help them make sense of the world around them, which is why it is essential for students to have access to literature. Books are windows into different worlds, which is why it is essential for classrooms to have a myriad of books, especially books centered on a range of characters.

Students should have access to inclusive LGBTQ+ books because it helps students feel represented in the classroom and because it helps them develop empathy for others.

That is why I am requesting books about members of the LGBTQ+ community because I want to help make our classroom library a bit more inclusive. Your donation could help generations of students become more accepting, thus helping make our world a kinder place, one child at a time.

Please help diversify our classroom library so that all students will feel represented in the literature they read and help foster empathy for others.

Thank you for your time!

Ms. Del Toral
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes From Past and Present! • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Felix Ever After • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
We Are Okay • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
Heartstopper Volume One • Amazon Business $16.43 1 $16.43
Lgbtq+ Rights (Stand Up, Speak Out) • Amazon Business $14.21 1 $14.21
Things We Couldn't Say • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Will Grayson, Will Grayson • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Sky Blues • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
What Was Stonewall? • Amazon Business $5.74 1 $5.74

Materials cost

$170.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.49

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$207.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.55

Total project goal

$243.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $243.67

2 Donors

-$134.34

Donations toward project cost

-$114.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.15

match offer

-$109.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.93

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.40

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